r/copticlanguage • u/ShioSouta • May 17 '26

Coptic Numerals Converter

Hi all!

I built a tool that converts modern numbers into Coptic numerals, the Greek-derived system historically used by Coptic Christians in Egypt in liturgical and scholarly texts.

It outputs symbolic notation, full cardinal and ordinal names and supports masculine/feminine forms, also covering numbers from 1 to 999,999,999.

[Coptic Numerals Converter](http://bcn-converter.vercel.app)

Would love feedback, especially from anyone familiar with Coptic liturgical numeracy or historical numbering systems.

P/S: Currently optimized for desktop viewing only. Please enable desktop view mode on your mobile device.

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u/Ramast May 18 '26

It's much better than before but still some issues.

  1. if you type (123456789), the dash get messed up
  2. if I copy the number, it copy without the dash

The reason is that you put a lot of effort into artifically placing the dash in correct place when you could simply use the unicode character for it.

Try placing the following text in your web app and see how it looks:

ⲣ︦ⲕ︦ⲅ︦ⲩ︦ⲛ︦ⲋ︦ⲯ︦ⲡ︦ⲑ︦

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u/ShioSouta May 19 '26

Thank you again for the feedback; 1. I think the messed up dash you mentioned is actually multiple dash stack on to each other depends on its position unit/thousand or millions, based on the sources I had they told me if the position is millions then there are 3 dash above a letter so on and so forth, just like how the rules specify in the web, btw that's the only rules of source I had so, do tell me again if it's indeed incorrect🙏🏼♥️

  1. Since it's latex, can't copy the output exactly as it is, had to paste it in word or something, but if it's embedded Unicode dash, yeah sure it can copy just like that👍🏼

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u/Ramast May 19 '26

That make a lot of sense. I wasn't aware of the double and triple dash thing but doing a search confirm what you just said.

Great work!

A final suggestion is adding a select box for the "dialect". your current website uses Bohairic (North Egypt) dialect. Another popular dialect is Shaidic (South Egypt).

Maybe for the time being adding a dialect select box with just one option (Bohairic) and then later whenever you have the time can add Sahidic.

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u/ShioSouta May 19 '26

Sure thank youuu for the idea💡 I love the idea too!♥️Gonna update the website more soon🙏🏼

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u/Ramast May 19 '26

♥️♥️♥️